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In 1995, a national conference of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people chaired by Elijah Harper, titled The Sacred Assembly, called for a national holiday to celebrate the contributions of Aboriginal peoples to Canada. [6] In 1996, the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples recommended that a National First Peoples Day be officially recognized.
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This shift from Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day can also be seen more recently. For example, the City of Newton, Massachusetts voted to change the name of the holiday in 2020. [19] Since then, Indigenous residents of Newton have banded together to host an annual Indigenous Peoples Day Ceremonial Celebration to commemorate the day. [20 ...
Monday is Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples' Day. The explorer had a violent history among Native Americans, and many say we should honor them.
Indigenous Peoples' Day is Monday, Oct. 14, and has been federally recognized since 2021 to celebrate indigenous communities and cultures.
At a 1977 United Nations conference in Geneva, Indigenous delegates from around the world resolved “to observe October 12, the day of so-called ‘discovery’ of America, as an International ...
[7] [166] National Indigenous Peoples Day is a day of recognition of the cultures and contributions of the First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples of Canada. The day was first celebrated in 1996, after it was proclaimed that year, by then Governor General of Canada, Roméo LeBlanc, to be celebrated on June 21 annually. [15]